Someone was shaking him. It barely registered in his mind. Wake up. He groaned. Wake up. He didn't want to wake up, he felt like his mind was wrapped in a warm blanket. Wake up. Why did someone want to wake him up so badly? Wake up. His eyes didn't open.

"Wake up, king" his inner hollow hissed as he appeared before his eyes pushing him out of the warm blanket.

His eyes shot open and he was looking into the face of a very concern Aizen. His eyes were normal and the bags were gone from under his eyes. Maybe he had dreamed that part, because he could hardly remember getting out of the bed with Aizen.

"Good ya finally up, I was beginnin to worry bout ya" Gin's voice hit his ear. Nope not a dream, he had actually seen Aizen that bad off. "Why did ya do that to him, Zuki" Gin asked Yuzuki who was the figure standing shortly behind him.

"He needed to get some rest. Do ya blame me, Gin?"

"No, but there is a difference between sleep and death."

Ichigo sat up a bit too quickly upon hearing the world death. "Death?" His voice was back to normal and a little shaky when he said the word.

"I was worried about you, you were in such a deep sleep. I could hardly hear you breathing, so it didn't help." Aizen's hand reaching out to touch him and then hesitating before going to rest by his side on the bed.

"I feel fine though, a little disappointed by being woke up by my inner hollow but fine overall. I think it was the best sleep I have gotten in a long time."

"You been out for two days though" Aizen got out.

"Ya had everyone worried" Gin included.

"I wasn't in danger this time at least. My mind is actually the clearest it has been since all this happened." He looked up at Aizen concerned dark brown eyes. "Why are you hesitating to touch me anyways?"

"I" Aizen started. Ichigo went and cuddled into the man only to have Aizen tensing up at the contact.

"Captain Aizen, he isn't going to hurt ya. I'm not use to seeing you show any emotions like that" Gin said.

"You had a bad dream didn't you?" Ichigo got out looking at Aizen. "Please tell me it wasn't about that, or about" he started.

"I'm fine." Ichigo sighed getting out of the bed, the way Aizen was acting it was like he had five different heads or something. He went and walked into the bathroom to look at himself in the mirror.

His brown eyes were no longer bloodshot, but his tan skin was still a little pale. His hair had lost any spikiness it had once had and now hung almost limp like around his face. It seemed to have gotten a shade darker. He at first thought he was looking at Katsu and not his own reflection.

Gin was looking at the bathroom door waiting for Ichigo to come out of it or scream or give some sort of reaction. "Five... four...three…two…one" he said counting backwards and at one Ichigo hurried out of the bathroom.

"One of you explain now" he hissed.

"Well Ichi" Yuzuki started.

"Explain" Ichigo barked out.

"I'm sure it will fade" Aizen got out from his place sitting in the middle of the bed.

"Dream, what did you dream about?" Ichigo was demanding Aizen to answer.

"Gin, Yuzuki could you leave. Might as well tell everyone else that our prince is awake. "

"Of course Captain Aizen" Gin got out. Yuzuki nodded but didn't say anything, she gave a sad look at Ichigo.

Ichigo sat on the bed looking at Aizen. "I just barely woke up and I started to panic when I did. You were so still next to me and after all the nightmares you had, I thought the worst. The dreams didn't help. I did remember dying, it was like it was trying to break me. Though I got pass that easily, that wasn't what hurt me. What hurt me was my memories that were twisted of Katsu. Then waiting up next to you like this, I knew it was you but…"

"I look like him don't I?"

Aizen nodded. "Only your hair has truly changed, you don't look exactly like him but it is enough to mess with me."

"Is that why you tensed up when I touched you?"

"I have never been one to have bad dreams. Hell I never had dreams before, I forced myself not to. Sleep just brought sleep for me. I may have dreamed before my mind was messed with by the Hōgyoku, but I can't truly remember to those memories. "

"Katsu dreamed, I think you helped him just like you helped me. I can honestly tell you he was protective of you just like I am. I think deep down he was afraid to lose you, that one day you would realize you didn't need him. He remembered what caused his death and it was horrible. "

Ichigo closed his eyes and it was like a scene started to play before them.

They were back in the dorm room. Aizen was giving the same worried look to Katsu as he shivered in the bed beside him. Aizen crawled into the bed with him, wrapping his arms around him. Brown eyes shot open, but he cuddled into Aizen's arms. "What happened, I don't think I have ever seen you break down" Aizen got out.

"It's nothing" Katsu said trying to level his voice the best he could.

"You're lying to me, why? Did I do something wrong?"

"No. Sōsuke you wouldn't understand. If you did happen to understand, you might hate me. I rather not have that happen." Ichigo could tell by watching Katsu that he hadn't meant to say anything pass you wouldn't understand.

"I couldn't hate you. People think I should hate you, pity truly is the worst thing. Though I trust and love you, I could never hate you. I would follow you to the end."

"No. Please just drop it Sōsuke. "

"One day, will you tell me?"

"Maybe." Ichigo could see the sadness in Katsu's eyes, and he realized that must have been right after he had come into contact with the imposter Kisuke for the first time. There was sadness in his eyes, it was masked, and Ichigo saw false hope.

The scene faded around them, the connection made so they didn't have to touch to both see the memory. Silence hung in the air between the two. Ichigo went to go shower by himself, he hated this. He didn't know what to do anymore, this was all becoming a big mess. He tried to get his hair to do anything but fall into his eyes, but instead of spiking like before it fell flat. It was actually more like Aizen's hair now, except longer.

He came into the room wearing the white uniform again, trying to get the hair out of his eyes, it hadn't grown any, he just wasn't use to anything but his spiky hair. Aizen was trying to hide a chuckle as he attempted to get his hair under control and failed at it.

"Do you need help" he got out climbing off the bed.

"You do realize helping me would require touching me" Ichigo got out, bitterness appearing in his voice. Aizen sighed moving pieces of Ichigo's hair and arranging it so it at least looked a bit more kept.

"When you lose the spikiness of your hair, it is actually wavier. If it was shorter, you might actually have a similar hairstyle to me. As for touching you Ichigo, I'm trying. I'm not use to this okay, just try to be a little more understanding with me."

"I'm sort of getting tired of the mood swings, Sōsuke. Decide on one mood and keep it. We are both trying." Ichigo was thinking about how worried he had been when he had woken up to see Aizen looking so bad off.

Sorry. I was worried about you and couldn't sleep. Shinigami age differently than humans, but if one doesn't sleep like I didn't in that environment it is worst then if a human was to do the same thing. I'm not use to worrying about anyone, but you are of course the only exception.

Aizen's mental words hung around both of them. Ichigo sat on the bed, he didn't know what to say. Aizen gave him a look before going to go take a shower. He sighed as he pulled on socks and shoes. He was happy that Aizen had at least managed to do something with his hair. He began to think about this life, was this actually his reality now? So much had changed, and of course his mind was still thinking about the nightmare from before. That was what was behind the door, it was the same asylum he had been in, but it was different.

Aizen had at some point left the bathroom and was finishing tying his sash in front of him. "What is that look for" he got out fixing his hair so the single stand fell down between his eyes.

"I was thinking" Ichigo got out after realizing that Aizen had spoken to him.

Aizen sat down next to him to finish by putting on his socks and shoes. Just as he got his last shoe on the alarms sounded. Aizen tensed as he grabbed Kyōka Suigetsu from where the sword laid by the wall. Ichigo went to go grab both of his zanpakutō only to see that Zangetsu was missing. Damn it. He grabbed Katsu's zanpakutō and slipped it into his sash and tied it as he went after Aizen out of the room.

"What is happening" he called out to Aizen as he kept up with his flashstep.

"Most likely they figured you were here and came to fetch you."

"My prince, you need to go back" Yuzuki said.

"No fucking way I am going to let people protect me. They want me, well I am not going to have people die. I can take care of myself" he stated stubbornly.

"Very well" she said sadly and went down the other direction.

Ichigo didn't slow as Aizen started flashstep again. "So this might be different, seeing as I only have his zanpakutō and Zangetsu is missing. "

He felt something appear, it slowed his flashstep a little as he realized that Zangetsu had appeared. Except the zanpakutō felt different. He noticed Aizen stopped and a small smirk was on his face.

Ichigo risked a look at Zangetsu only to find the sword was out of shikai and sealed in a normal katana state.

"I don't know if I can fight with two different zanpakutōs. I mean I know…"

"You can, it will just make Bankai so much more interesting for you."

"You knew, didn't you?" Ichigo was by the man's side, they were no longer using flashstep to get around. Ichigo hit Aizen in the shoulder. "That is for keeping me in the dark."

Aizen tensed, and Ichigo could fell the air around them getting thicker. He knew why the older man had tensed up. The imposter Kisuke had stepped out of the shadows. "I give you one more chance. Come with me willingly, and I will spare those you consider your friends. We will rule together."

"Bull shit" Ichigo got out.

"He won't listen to your reason, but he has my blood running though his veins." Ichigo looked at the new man who had appeared beside the imposter. Ichigo had a feeling he was the Juha Bach person that he was told about. He had seen that same symbol on Uryu's bracelet.

That was when his eyes noticed one more person had joined them. Uryu stood just a few paces away. Uryu hadn't betrayed them, it was all for the sake of cover. He couldn't blow his friends cover, so he had to pretend like he was the enemy.

"Uryu, why do you side with them?"

"You wouldn't understand" Uryu spoke with bitterness in his voice.

"My fight isn't with you, but I will fight you and kick your ass and make sure you pay for betraying us."

Ichigo drew both of his zanpakutō, here went nothing. He hoped Aizen was right about him being able to wield both zanpakutōs at the same time.

"Oh so you're not going to come willingly, then so be it" the imposter said. He gestured his hand up and he could feel the whole room grow denser. Ichigo blocked an attack from the imposter.

Aizen had protected him from another strike from his free side. He actually felt safer fighting with the man on his side. He noticed Uryu had left the battle quickly. Ichigo couldn't get distracted not in this battle that could easily mean death for him. "End All Shinokagami" he called out, he then realized he didn't have a release command for Zangetsu, he had never had to release the zanpakutō before. "Slay Zangetsu" he called out after reaching inside and finding the release command. Together the zanpakutō in his hands began to change. He expected Zangetsu to appear back to the sword he was so familiar with, but the sword within his left hand became shorter, the white cloth that was once a part of the handle just had a chain like it did when it was in Bankai. The handle was red. Shinokagami appeared like it had when he had released it before.

"So very special you have two zanpakutō so what" the imposter said with a bored voice and attacked him again. Ichigo who was right handed wasn't having as much of an issues handling Zangetsu as he had thought he would. He blocked the attack perfectly. He gathered his energy to let off a Getsuga Tenshō aiming it at Kisuke. A surge of darkness was released along with a normal Getsuga Tenshō.

He could see out of the corner of his eye that Aizen was firing unnamed Kido at Juha Bach. Ichigo lift his hand to protect himself from another attack, only to feel the attack hit him in his side. "Your one true weakness is that man. Shame if anything was to happen to him. Kill him" the imposter order.

Aizen could take care of himself, he knew that. The man was older then him, he was older than Katsu. Also he was a lot more skilled at things then he was. He would be fine. Ichigo went to attack the imposter again. He could not check on Aizen, if he did it would mean his own death. He was fighting shadows, he had to be at full focus.

The memory of the asylum flashed before his eyes, he couldn't focus it away. The imposter's blade bit into his stomach as a result. "Another one of your weakness is that memory, isn't it" the imposter said. Ichigo groaned, but repositioned both of his zanpakutō back in his hands. He raised his hand to defend himself and the sound of mental on mental reached his ears. The asylum appeared before his eyes again. It wasn't real, he forced an attack on the imposter.

Each of the attacks were like that, some landed on him others he was able to defend himself against. He heard the imposter utter something, and the room around him grew denser. He had to use it. "Bankai!" Ichigo called out.

A cyclone of darkness surrounded him. He was reminded of the first time he fought Byakuya, the same cyclone of dust surrounded him. This was both his and Katsu's powers, the amount of sheer power was amazing. He was wearing a white version of his Bankai robes from Zangetsu's Bankai release. Shinokagami had disappeared from his right hand. He quickly switched Zangetsu from his left to right hand. He noticed that the darkness was still circling him, he used his left hand to make it move towards the imposter. The man tried to blend into the darkness and disappear, though Ichigo could feel that the circling mass of darkness that was Shinokagami had a hold of him.

"You see the Bankai you faced before wasn't my real Bankai" he said. He knew the imposter could hear him. "This was all my plan." He realized that he sounded like Aizen by saying this was all his plan. "You're going to die by my Bankai" he felt like Katsu was coming to surface. Juha Bach could only watch, he had stop his attack on Aizen.

Ichigo could feel all traces of the imposter vanish this time, it wasn't over yet. The darkness went to circling around him again. He used his own Bankai's speed to appear before Juha Bach.

"Finally my son born in the darkness. Come to me, all of this is going according to my plan."

"I don't think so" Ichigo said his sword pointed at Juha Bach's throat.

"You don't have it in you to kill me, my blood runs in your veins. "

Ichigo quickly forced his blade to do the killing blow. He didn't like to kill, but this man he had to kill. The imposter he had to kill. The darkness surrounding him faded. He dropped to his knees. "I am not your puppet, no one controls me" he got out as he finally settled on his knees.

….

Aizen looked at Ichigo, who hair was becoming normal again, both of his zanpakutō had returned to their sealed states and had dropped to the floor. Was it over? Aizen looked around them at the hall they were in. Before the hall was white, but now it was dyed with black, and holes had appeared in various places. The boy had caused a lot of destruction, he didn't expect anything less from him though.

Aizen approached Ichigo who appeared to be in a daze like state. He could hear screaming, it sounded too close for comfort. "You two!" Aizen went to go fire a kido at the girl, but the girl was stopped by a wall of darkness. "You will pay!" She was looking down at the body of the Quincy leader.

"It's over, give it up." Uryu had appeared again.

"You! Why don't you feel anything towards him! He took you in" the girl was screaming at Uryu.

"I don't wish to hurt you, but if you hurt them I will have to."

"Stop" Ichigo's voice was quit but it held a lot of power in it. His eyes came back into focus and he was glaring at the Quincy girl. Uryu had been in the process of forming a bow. Ichigo left Aizen's side and approached the girl.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, how could you kill him?" The girl was avoiding eye contact with him.

"I do not wish to kill you, but he had to die" he got out.

"Why?! He could have lead us to a new world."

Ichigo was shaking his head. "No, he only wanted to destroy the world. Don't you see it? He was only using you."

"You don't know anything." The girl still refused to look at him.

"I know more than you think. Call off the attack" he told the girl. "Now or else."

The girl scurried away from Ichigo.

Ichigo looked at Uryu. Uryu was staring at him. "What did you do with Ichigo?"

"Why do you look so surprised? I am Ichigo, idiot."

"No you're not. How do I not know the two of you have switched places?"

"No that is Ichigo" Aizen said as he approached Uryu. "He has just grown into his power, finally."

"How did you know she would end this?" Uryu asked Ichigo.

"She didn't really have a choice. This is over though, the imposter was the person controlling the rest of the Dark Veil. I killed him, meaning the only people who are left now are Wandenreich."

Aizen look to see if the fallen zanpakutō were still on the floor, but saw they were already sheathed and back with Ichigo. "How?"

Ichigo smirked. "Sōsuke, you have an illusion based zanpakutō, and you are meant to be a genius. You should have figured it out by now."

Aizen sighed. Why are you in control?

Our powers have combined, our memories are one. He easily stepped aside during the fight so I could take over. The imposter as he refers to him was using his powers to make Ichigo remember my memory of the asylum. He also allowed Ichigo to see one final image before he allowed me to take over.

Which was?

You dying. He is upset about that, he kept telling himself that you could handle it yourself. Though it upset him for obvious reasons. His downfall is that he wants to protect the people he cares about and if they die he feels that he has failed them. The imposters power lies in the ability to make someone questions what is real and what isn't.

The ultimate illusion.

Correct, now catch him.

Katsu voice faded from Aizen's mind and Ichigo's body was falling. He quickly caught the boy and took him into his arms.

…+++…

Author's Notes:

Spoilers follow.

Yes I summed up the battle between Ichigo and Juha Bach very quickly when the battle with Wandenreich in the manga started on chapter 480 and is still going on after 600+ chapters.

Though is it really over?

As for who the girl is. The girl originally started as being Meninas McAllon, then I switched who it was. The second candidate was Liltotto Lamperd. Finally it ended up being Bambietta Basterdine.

Obviously the battle didn't go the same as it did in the manga. Keep in mind only some of the Wandenreich are present in Hueco Mundo and the others are in the Soul Society.

The person who gave the order was Katsu not Ichigo. Surely that isn't going to end well. Hint.